At age 90, Williamstown veteran Cliff Elliott still looks out for his mate’s wife, May McLeod, who is believed to be Australia’s oldest war widow.
Mrs McLeod celebrated her 104th birthday on Saturday. Mr Elliott will this month receive his 60-year Legacy service certificate. He met Mrs McLeod’s late husband, Bill, after World War II through their common interest of snapper fishing.
“He was in the army in the Middle East, I was in the air force,” Mr Elliott said. “After the war, I was in the Williamstown Sailing Club and Bill had a boat there. And then later on he came down to Werribee South, built a boat shed and built a boat down there.
“I’ve known May since I was at Bill’s 60th birthday party.”
Legacy has supported more than 80,000 widows and nearly 2000 children and people with disabilities since 1923.
